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Well, we picked up our new 30th anniversary Pajero Friday 21st October and I thought I would give you my impressions of it after one week of ownership. Bought it from Knox, very happy with the deal and their attention to us throughout the process (Hello James). We picked it up last Friday and proceeded to put in a quick 1500 km up the coast to Mallacoota, returning via Dargo and Walhalla, so that we could get a 1500km service on Tuesday. We live 300km away at Wodonga and wanted the servicing to be done by Knox and what a perfect excuse to put up a few “K”s.
Our previous 4WD was a Nissan Patrol 2003 GU III and it felt big. A friend called it an aircraft carrier as he reckoned it was big enough to land an aeroplane on. First impressions of Pajero were that it was not a 4WD at all, it couldn’t be! It is too comfortable and civilised to be a 4WD. It doesn’t bump and lurch around enough, it must be a car. It is lighter handling, goes like sh*t off a shovel (Not that I was planting the foot at all, more like taking it gently) At this stage there is no apparent point where the car foes from wondering when the car will start accelerating to point where the turbo cuts in and it as if the fuse has ignited Kaboom. That is, it is much smoother and more drivable. It is comparably quieter than the Patrol to the point that I didn’t realise how noisy the BFG AT’s are. (They are fitted to both cars). Technology wise the Pajero is way ahead of the Patrol and Light years ahead of the 1991 Pajero V6 that we previously owned. I was initially overwhelmed with MMCS, the air-conditioning controls and the “wanker meters” above the MMCS (That’s what my wife calls them anyway). I am now getting my head around them and have found that actually reading the manuals has helped me to understand them. Arrived home on Tuesday evening after 5 days of fairly average weather and was ashamed how grotty it looked so first thing on Wednesday I gave it a tubbing. I don’t know whether it was the conditions we had in those five days but I did find that it took me two hours to clean it properly. It seemed to have a lot more nooks and crannies than the Patrol. For instance, the wheels took several minutes each to clean properly. I am appreciating the smaller physical dimensions of the Pajero, its quietness, better fuel economy and quality sound system. In some ways the GPS is better than my Hema navigator in that you can add waypoints to a destination, but I find it curious that your route is highlighted in blue. It is as if you are travelling along a river. I would like to see not only the next turn but the turn after that on the screen as the Hema navigator does and it would be nice to have Oziexplorer off road mapping there as well. Minor points really.
The H.I.D. headlights are really bright and white, a great improvement over anything I have ever owned before. don't think I will need any extra driving lights.
To sum up, it is all I could hope for at this stage. I hope I remain as happy with it later on as I am now. I was always happy with the 91 Pajero and thinking about it, wonder why I had the extramarital fling with Nissan.
Regards,
Glennie
Our previous 4WD was a Nissan Patrol 2003 GU III and it felt big. A friend called it an aircraft carrier as he reckoned it was big enough to land an aeroplane on. First impressions of Pajero were that it was not a 4WD at all, it couldn’t be! It is too comfortable and civilised to be a 4WD. It doesn’t bump and lurch around enough, it must be a car. It is lighter handling, goes like sh*t off a shovel (Not that I was planting the foot at all, more like taking it gently) At this stage there is no apparent point where the car foes from wondering when the car will start accelerating to point where the turbo cuts in and it as if the fuse has ignited Kaboom. That is, it is much smoother and more drivable. It is comparably quieter than the Patrol to the point that I didn’t realise how noisy the BFG AT’s are. (They are fitted to both cars). Technology wise the Pajero is way ahead of the Patrol and Light years ahead of the 1991 Pajero V6 that we previously owned. I was initially overwhelmed with MMCS, the air-conditioning controls and the “wanker meters” above the MMCS (That’s what my wife calls them anyway). I am now getting my head around them and have found that actually reading the manuals has helped me to understand them. Arrived home on Tuesday evening after 5 days of fairly average weather and was ashamed how grotty it looked so first thing on Wednesday I gave it a tubbing. I don’t know whether it was the conditions we had in those five days but I did find that it took me two hours to clean it properly. It seemed to have a lot more nooks and crannies than the Patrol. For instance, the wheels took several minutes each to clean properly. I am appreciating the smaller physical dimensions of the Pajero, its quietness, better fuel economy and quality sound system. In some ways the GPS is better than my Hema navigator in that you can add waypoints to a destination, but I find it curious that your route is highlighted in blue. It is as if you are travelling along a river. I would like to see not only the next turn but the turn after that on the screen as the Hema navigator does and it would be nice to have Oziexplorer off road mapping there as well. Minor points really.
The H.I.D. headlights are really bright and white, a great improvement over anything I have ever owned before. don't think I will need any extra driving lights.
To sum up, it is all I could hope for at this stage. I hope I remain as happy with it later on as I am now. I was always happy with the 91 Pajero and thinking about it, wonder why I had the extramarital fling with Nissan.
Regards,
Glennie
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